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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>[[Image:Fakir on bed of nails Benares India 1907.jpg|thumb|[[Herbert Ponting]]'s 1907 photograph of "a fakir in Benares" ([[Varanasi]]), [[India]]]]<br />
A '''fakir''' or '''faqir''', is a [[Sufi]] who [[perform]]s feats of [[endurance]] or [[Magic (paranormal)|magic]]. The word comes from ''faqr'' ({{lang-ar|فقر}}), meaning "poverty".<ref>''God Speaks'', Meher Baba, Dodd Meade, 1955, 2nd Ed. p. 305</ref><br />
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In English, the word is often for [[Hinduism|Hindu]] [[Asceticism|ascetics]] (e.g., [[sadhu]]s, [[guru]]s, [[swami]]s and [[yogi]]s) as well as Sufi mystics. It can also be used to for a common street [[beggar]] who chants [[holy]] names, [[scripture]]s or verses. It has become a common [[Urdu language|Urdu]] and [[Hindi language|Hindi]] word for "beggar".<br />
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Many [[stereotype]]s of the great fakir exist, including a near-naked man easily [[fire-walking|walking barefoot on burning coals]], sitting or [[sleeping]] on a bed of sharp nails, floating in the air while [[meditation|meditating]], or "living on air" (refusing all food).<br />
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